idk if you're still alive or if you will come back after i comment this, but yo, it's good to see another TWEWY fan around here based on your Rhyme forum avatar.
heard about the new anime adaptation coming next year? https://myanimelist.net/anime/42307/Subarashiki_Kono_Sekai_The_Animation
Kingdom Hearts has it bad. You play through the games once and see your perception of the story change with all the retcons and shifts in focus, then you try to look at each of the game's stories on their own, and it becomes really obvious that 90% of the ideas that showed up in later games didn't even occur to him when he was writing the original story. It can work out fine with certain writers, if they're subtle about it and only add in minor details, but Nomura always makes them the most important, world-changing ideas that can't be ignored. It makes it hard to take the story seriously when you know the entire meaning of it is going to change by the next game. What's the point of trying to understand the meaning of a story when even the author doesn't know it? Dragon Ball has the same problem, with its constant need to introduce a stronger villain every time someone gets defeated. It's important to have a degree of thematic consistency.
Nah, I'm just gonna keep drawing, thinking about writing, and complaining about dumb cartoons, and maybe get some kind of soulless job so that I can continue living to do those things. I've never been too crazy about planning for future life stuff. I'm too much of a shitty young kid to consider that.
Yeah! You don't need to take that disrespect from people who have developed their skills more than you! How dare they have a passion in their life?!
I think about writing way more than I actually write, but I also want to write a shitty novel at some point. I actually started one a couple months ago, but then I started being a bitch about it and worried about how much revising I would have to do if I got too many things wrong the first time. I like to think that all this time not working on it will result in a better product in the end. Yes, yes, that's why I'm doing it like this.
TNG is probably the place to start. The original series is old as fuck and super dialed-in to the 60s, and a lot of the stuff that came after TNG wasn't too great from what I've heard. TNG still has its share of embarrassing, terrible screenwriting, but it also has a lot of nice stuff.
Oof, I don't know if I'd say I'm fond of Lynch. I liked the early parts of Twin Peaks, but everything else I've seen of him is the weirdest, most gratuitously surreal shit ever. My biggest problem with him is probably that he doesn't really write his characters as people, they're just entities that act "quirky" to satisfy his surrealism boner. Really makes it hard to get invested in anything he writes. But, Eraserhead can be somewhat amusing. It has a bunch of symbolism and weird-ass shit going on, with no logical sequence of events to speak of. But the narrative is somewhat coherent if you care enough to look for it, and some of the imagery is disturbing in a nice way. I'd say it might be worth watching if you view it as a visual horror film and don't pay attention to the stupid story. Either that or pretend you're having a dream when you're watching it.
Hey there! Nice to see you again. Good to see neither of us forgot the other existed yet. (even though I didn't say anything on your own birthday. Shhhhh, don't worry about that.)
2016 was extremely uneventful but fairly enjoyable all things considered (as long as I don't count current events). Just been drawing stuff and watching dumb cartoons most of the time. An alright year.
Super is kind of interesting when you get past all of the bad fighting and stupid powerup nonsense. It can be surprisingly good at humanizing the characters and focusing on the more mundane parts of their lives, without making it feel like filler. Buuuut...you still have to sit through a lot of the not-so-great fight scenes Z was known for, where Goku keeps getting stronger and stronger IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIGHT FOR NO REASON. "He's surpassed the power of the Super Saiyan God!" Bullshit, Toriyama.
Oh yeah...FMA. I still haven't even started it. I've been thinking about it, but I just keep worrying that I'll start it at a time when I'm not in the mood for it, and then I won't enjoy it as much as I could have. It'll happen someday, though. Just waiting for the impetus.
I haven't seen a ton of other stuff over the year. The only Western show I've been watching is Star Trek TNG, which I started all the way at the beginning of 2016, which is TERRIBLE for the first two seasons, but then it gets pretty good after the executive producer dies. Aside from that, I re-watched John Carpenter's The Thing several times. Still my favorite horror movie ever. Might be some things to look at (TNG will make you feel horrible for the first two seasons if you try it, though.)
What caught my eye about you was actually your writing. I think you definitely have a unique voice of your own, I'd label it as sassy intellectual. Your posts are humorous and stand out, unlike the sea of posts that people write without giving any thought to.
When writing, I too gather from multiple writers, but I've found that the more I write, the more I create my own unique style. Writing really is a muscle, as so many like to call it. If I don't keep up with it on an almost daily basis, my writing just turns into a mirror of whatever book I last read.
I'll probably be a reader forever too if I don't actually start trying! But I love books, so I guess that's okay.
Right?! Some people make shit way too elaborate. I appreciate the attempt to put a different spin on the song, but most of the time it just doesn't work out. I've been practicing composition lately, myself. Working with a single instrument is fine, but trying to create synergy between multiple tracks? Always ends in disaster when I try it. Oh well, practice'll fix it.
A'ight, I'll do it...soon. Then again, I just started Star Trek TNG, maybe I should finish that first...Probably gonna end up delaying that shit even more now.
That dual mix should be the sickest jam ever, but unfortunately I have problems with the audio mixing. The intro is great, but I feel like it kinda becomes a mish-mash of a bunch of different sounds after that. The melody doesn't have a clear focus on a single instrument. Maybe if I ever figure out how Audacity works I'll make my own version.
Yeah! Episode 42, huh? Another half season or so and Reinhard will become more bishie than he's ever been. I've always had a thing for Reuenthal, myself. I want him to hold me while he looks at me with those beautiful eyes of his, that sadistic bastard. <3
Since you're doing LoGH, maybe it's about time I got around to Full Metal Alchemist.
I'm willing to bet Papyrus is totally innocent. Even when you kill him he doesn't reveal any hidden depths. Maybe he was more clued-in before he replaced his brain with spaghetti.
Undertale's pretty great. I never expected to dive this deeply into it when I first played it all those weeks ago. There's so much more to get out of it than just a few laughs, even if it takes a while to understand why.
I have to admit, Gaster is one part of the game I haven't explored too much, largely because it's so troublesome to find all the information about him in the game. But I shall do my best to impress you with my limited knowledge.
That hadn't occurred to me, but it might be possible. The fact that the three of them have a font motif would suggest some sort of connection, and I'm sure that's the case with Sans, but it's hard to imagine that with Papyrus. He's too innocuous. In this hidden diary entry:
"ENTRY NUMBER SEVENTEEN
DARK DARKER YET DARKER
THE DARKNESS KEEPS GROWING
THE SHADOWS CUTTING DEEPER
PHOTON READINGS NEGATIVE
THIS NEXT EXPERIMENT
SEEMS
VERY
VERY
INTERESTING
...
WHAT DO YOU TWO THINK?"
he alludes to having two associates, who could be Sans and Papyrus. But the entry must have been written before he met with his fate, so I'm not sure how any alter ego shenanigans could have taken place before that point.
It defies Occam's Razor. For a simpler way to explain their association, you could say that S&P were inanimate skeletons who Gaster injected with determination (or life juice) or something.
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heard about the new anime adaptation coming next year?
https://myanimelist.net/anime/42307/Subarashiki_Kono_Sekai_The_Animation
Nah, I'm just gonna keep drawing, thinking about writing, and complaining about dumb cartoons, and maybe get some kind of soulless job so that I can continue living to do those things. I've never been too crazy about planning for future life stuff. I'm too much of a shitty young kid to consider that.
I think about writing way more than I actually write, but I also want to write a shitty novel at some point. I actually started one a couple months ago, but then I started being a bitch about it and worried about how much revising I would have to do if I got too many things wrong the first time. I like to think that all this time not working on it will result in a better product in the end. Yes, yes, that's why I'm doing it like this.
TNG is probably the place to start. The original series is old as fuck and super dialed-in to the 60s, and a lot of the stuff that came after TNG wasn't too great from what I've heard. TNG still has its share of embarrassing, terrible screenwriting, but it also has a lot of nice stuff.
Oof, I don't know if I'd say I'm fond of Lynch. I liked the early parts of Twin Peaks, but everything else I've seen of him is the weirdest, most gratuitously surreal shit ever. My biggest problem with him is probably that he doesn't really write his characters as people, they're just entities that act "quirky" to satisfy his surrealism boner. Really makes it hard to get invested in anything he writes. But, Eraserhead can be somewhat amusing. It has a bunch of symbolism and weird-ass shit going on, with no logical sequence of events to speak of. But the narrative is somewhat coherent if you care enough to look for it, and some of the imagery is disturbing in a nice way. I'd say it might be worth watching if you view it as a visual horror film and don't pay attention to the stupid story. Either that or pretend you're having a dream when you're watching it.
2016 was extremely uneventful but fairly enjoyable all things considered (as long as I don't count current events). Just been drawing stuff and watching dumb cartoons most of the time. An alright year.
Super is kind of interesting when you get past all of the bad fighting and stupid powerup nonsense. It can be surprisingly good at humanizing the characters and focusing on the more mundane parts of their lives, without making it feel like filler. Buuuut...you still have to sit through a lot of the not-so-great fight scenes Z was known for, where Goku keeps getting stronger and stronger IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIGHT FOR NO REASON. "He's surpassed the power of the Super Saiyan God!" Bullshit, Toriyama.
Oh yeah...FMA. I still haven't even started it. I've been thinking about it, but I just keep worrying that I'll start it at a time when I'm not in the mood for it, and then I won't enjoy it as much as I could have. It'll happen someday, though. Just waiting for the impetus.
I haven't seen a ton of other stuff over the year. The only Western show I've been watching is Star Trek TNG, which I started all the way at the beginning of 2016, which is TERRIBLE for the first two seasons, but then it gets pretty good after the executive producer dies. Aside from that, I re-watched John Carpenter's The Thing several times. Still my favorite horror movie ever. Might be some things to look at (TNG will make you feel horrible for the first two seasons if you try it, though.)
Why not both?
I guess you could have been driving a probe or a 90s Taurus that didn't have a straight line on them... BEFORE they were wrecked.
When writing, I too gather from multiple writers, but I've found that the more I write, the more I create my own unique style. Writing really is a muscle, as so many like to call it. If I don't keep up with it on an almost daily basis, my writing just turns into a mirror of whatever book I last read.
I'll probably be a reader forever too if I don't actually start trying! But I love books, so I guess that's okay.
A'ight, I'll do it...soon. Then again, I just started Star Trek TNG, maybe I should finish that first...Probably gonna end up delaying that shit even more now.
Probably the one I currently have on my profile. Special mention to this Mega Man X remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6WlFqXF9nE I have too many to list.
That dual mix should be the sickest jam ever, but unfortunately I have problems with the audio mixing. The intro is great, but I feel like it kinda becomes a mish-mash of a bunch of different sounds after that. The melody doesn't have a clear focus on a single instrument. Maybe if I ever figure out how Audacity works I'll make my own version.
Yeah! Episode 42, huh? Another half season or so and Reinhard will become more bishie than he's ever been. I've always had a thing for Reuenthal, myself. I want him to hold me while he looks at me with those beautiful eyes of his, that sadistic bastard. <3
Since you're doing LoGH, maybe it's about time I got around to Full Metal Alchemist.
Undertale's pretty great. I never expected to dive this deeply into it when I first played it all those weeks ago. There's so much more to get out of it than just a few laughs, even if it takes a while to understand why.
Awww thanks. <3
That hadn't occurred to me, but it might be possible. The fact that the three of them have a font motif would suggest some sort of connection, and I'm sure that's the case with Sans, but it's hard to imagine that with Papyrus. He's too innocuous. In this hidden diary entry:
he alludes to having two associates, who could be Sans and Papyrus. But the entry must have been written before he met with his fate, so I'm not sure how any alter ego shenanigans could have taken place before that point.
It defies Occam's Razor. For a simpler way to explain their association, you could say that S&P were inanimate skeletons who Gaster injected with determination (or life juice) or something.
D-did I do good?
...Although when I was watching him in those films my primary thought was usually "Fuck, is Willem Dafoe his son or something?"